Alberta News

CALGARY — The election of Joe Biden as U.S. president likely spells the end of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, but his environmental agenda could help Canadian energy companies better compete with their American rivals, observers said Monday.

CALGARY — Canadian international forward Marcus Haber is leaving Cavalry FC after one season. The 31-year-old Vancouver native signed with the Canadian Premier League team on July 31 ahead of the Island Games.

SLAVE LAKE, Alta. — A northern Alberta councillor says she is deeply sorry for recommending her town stop feeding and "being so nice" to its Indigenous homeless population. At a Sept. 8 council meeting, Slave Lake Coun.

TORONTO — Alberta heavyweight Tanner (The Bulldozer) Boser says he has no problems with the judges' decision in his weekend loss to former UFC champion Andrei (The Pit Bull) Arlovski.

CALGARY — Headwater Exploration Inc. has signed a deal with Cenovus Energy Inc. to buy Cenovus's assets in the Marten Hills area of northern Alberta for approximately $100 million in cash and stock.

CALGARY — Vermilion Energy Inc. says it lost $69.9 million in its third quarter compared with a loss of $10.2 million in the same quarter last year as its sales fell.

EDMONTON — Premier Jason Kenney is strongly urging Albertans to stop holding house parties and get-togethers to bend the curve on sharply rising COVID-19 cases.

EDMONTON — A man has been sentenced to six months in jail after a semi-truck he was driving rear-ended a school bus in northern Alberta, killing a 15-year-old girl.

CALGARY — A pair of World Cup freestyle ski events in Quebec are moving to Alberta. A moguls and an aerials event originally scheduled to be held at Quebec ski resorts Jan. 23 and Jan. 31, will be combined with a World Cup moguls Jan. 30 in Calgary.

RED DEER, Alta. — A man accused of killing a family doctor at a medical clinic in central Alberta last summer has been committed to stand trial. Deng Mabiour, 54, was charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of Dr.